UNIT 6 THE ENVIRONMENT

UNIT 6: THE ENVIRONMENT

I. Choose the words from the box to complete the following passage.



Many cities have a serious pollution problem. Motor vehicles, factories, and other (1) _____ create so much air pollution that it may hang in the air like (2) _____ fog. Air pollution (3) _____ the health of the people who live in cities. City (4) _____ cause water pollution when they are poured into waterways. These wastes kill fish and make some (5) _____ unfit for swimming. In addition, amny large cities have difficulties (6) _____ of their garbage. The amount of (7) _____ grows each year, but places to put it are quickly filling up.
Citizens, governments, industries, scientists and business people must work together to gradually reduce (8) _____. For example, most cities have introduced (9) _____ programs which cut down on garbage and the space needed to store it. Residents separate recyclable products from garbage, and city governments provide drop-off cities or pick up the (10) _____ from homes.
II. Fill in blank with the correct form of the word in capitals.
1 We must learn about keeping the environment ____________. (pollute)
2. Don’t eat those vegetables. They are ____________. (poison)
3. We’ll live a happier and ____________ life if we keep the environment clean. (health)
4. You are talking complete____________. (sense)
5. Environmental ____________ is everyone’s responsibility. (protect)
6. Some ____________ are trying to clean up our beach. (environment)
7. If we continue littering, Our environment will became seriously ____________ (pollute)
8. I am ____________ that you are working hard. (please)
9. It’s my ____________ to help you. (please)
10. Our answer is ____________ accurate. (extreme)
III. Use the suggestions to make conditional sentence type 1.
1. the sea get warm.
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2. the ice at the North and South Poles melt.
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3. the sea level rise
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4. There be floods in many parts of the world.
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5. Many people lose their homes and lands
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IV. Choose the best option in brackets to complete each of the following sentences.
1. We are all ______ destroying the environment around us (slow / slowly)
2. Wild plant and animals on the earth are ______ disappearing. (quick / quickly)
3. Farm workers have to work very ______ during the harvest. (hard / hardly)
4. Bob is sometimes a ______ driver. I think he drives ______ when he’s in a hurry. (dangerous / dangerously)
5. Please don’t go too ______ the edge of the cliff. (near / nearly)
6. Mr. Black sounded really ______ this morning. He had his car stolen (unhappy / unhappily)
7. Frogs are found ______ rare in this area. (comparative / comparatively)
8. The lakes in our town are polluted ______ (bad / badly)
9. My uncle’s old car was ______ but his new one is vey ______ (slow / slowly – fast / fastly)
10. What is for dinner? It smells very ______. (delicious / deliciously)
V. Read the following passage carefully. For each of the following dictionary definitions, write down the correct word (printed in bold type in the passage)
The world’s oceans are so vast that they can’t cope with the present levels of pollution. However, little is known about the long-term effects of such slow poisoning. The most serious problem of modern time is that man is destroying the earth’s natural resources and transforming huge areas into wasteland. As a result, it is becoming extremely difficult to grow enough to feed the world’s rapidly increasing population. A way of protecting all the wildlife on the earth must also be found as many species are in danger of disappearing completely from the face of the earth. The danger. However, is a not confine solely to the land and the sea. The smoke in the atmosphere, for example, is increasing so much that the amount of sunlight has been reduced in many cities. Man’s whole environment is being changed in a serious way.
0. birds, animals, fish which are not tamed. ___wildlife___
1. keeping something safe from harm ____________
2. the process of making something dirty or impure ____________
3. barren area, desert ____________
4. the air, water and land in which we live. ____________
5. completely changing in form or nature ____________
6. wealth, goods or products people can use. ____________
7. The air surrounding the